Would you please make your substantive points without degenerating into the flamewar style? You did it repeatedly in this thread, and worse each time. That's the opposite of the direction we want things to go here.

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Proof of what? That google didn't used to have ads above organic results? That they added more and more over time? That some queries (vegas hotels) have no organic results above the fold? Those are all common knowledge. Burden of proof of the opposite would be on you.

I don't happen to have a historical screenshot history of SERP results specific to StackOverflow copycats, no. I'll concede that.

> Burden of proof of the opposite would be on you.

What, lol. I'm not making any claims. You're the one saying Google is becoming complacent. I'm asking for proof of this, lol.

>> I believe they've become more complacent since there is no competitive pressure, yes.

Please don't perpetuate flamewars on HN; especially not the tit-for-tat kind where two users butt heads and get their horns entangled.

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